Emjay

July 4 - Boy with fireworks ....

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:14:19 -0700

` I kept waiting for this kid to set himself on fire - I'm pretty sure these canisters are supposed to be placed on the ground to be lit .... Taken with hand held camera from my deck.

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How ...?

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:27:14 -0700

` How do stilt walkers get up on their stilts? This guy was actually dancing! Now that must take some talent! It was amazing how quickly they were walking - is "stilting" a word?

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Parade scenes

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:15:53 -0700

Caribbean Carnival

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:55:26 -0700

` The annual DC Caribbean Carnival was held on Saturday and as we live only a few houses from the parade route we went to watch. The carnival is a popular event celebrating the island cultures and featuring a parade of floats representing the i...

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Flowers for the Princess

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:52:52 -0700

` The Princess has her first "real" job!! She went for an interview last week and got called back for a second interview yesterday. She starts next Monday as a Receptionist for a small company. She has been working weekends and evenings at ...

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A little Thursday humour

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:35:25 -0700

Girls -- Please have a sense of humor! This was allegedly written by a guy.... I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out...

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New Game

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:07:33 -0700

I was tagged by Karen to do the following: The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their ...

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City Mouse

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:57:26 -0700

The other night I had a sense that there was a mouse in the kitchen. You know the suspicion which comes from that slight rustling/scurrying sound as you turn the light on. I examined the foodstuffs on the kitchen bench. There were two large pac...

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Chinese Menus

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:28:55 -0700

` This was the menu of a restaurant where we had dinner one night in Nanjing Doesn't Hog Intestines in Spicy sauce sound great? How about Wing & Web? - a juicy wing and a webbed foot. Might you be tempted by the Fried Sparrow Gizzard? If not...

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Comcast ....

nobody@vox.com(Emjay) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:28:50 -0700

I used to complain about RCN Starpower but now that we have Comcast I see that RCN actually had exemplary customer service by comparison and far fewer glitches in their service. I yearn for those just plain annoying days. What we have with Com...

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